The elderly people of the area are puzzled by the modus operandi of the programmers of La 2, a channel in a state of demolition and with an uncertain direction, and we do not know whether it will become a part-time sports container or, as it already is, a repository of travel and food documentaries that offers good returns in Screen share.
Because here lies the worst of it. When La 2 was allowed (as it did in July and August or over Christmas) to offer a 24-hour schedule of reruns, screen share rose to 3% on average. What do quality viewers know?
In that sense, the year could not have started worse. Given that self-produced spaces don't connect with the audience ('Page 2' with 641 deliveries under its belt represents 1%; “Cultures 2,” “Cinema Days,” and “Works of Interest” They barely reach 1%. The house's programmers had no better idea than to distribute, for the first time in their history, between half-hour programmes, a travel documentary. And so they were replaced “This is the philosophy” With Álvaro Carmona (because this is another film, there is no longer even a budget to release tracts like “The Brain Hunter”, or new parts of “Human Scale” or “Behind the Instant”: they are direct duplicates); After the revival of Álvaro Carmona's philosophical program, We Said, a travel documentary was broadcast; And after half an hour “Cultures 2” and so on, all in order to ensure that these public service programs do not appear in secret (trying to avoid the 0.7%-0.8% type brands that were popular).
But the peak of inconsistency and malpractice will come on Monday: “Cultures 2” will be moved to midday, where its numbers at least overlap with audience measurements. Just like in “The Adventure of Knowledge”. Who wants to see Tania Sarrias, Find it on RTVE Play. It's a big provocation, but certainly no one will complain.
But shouldn't it be the other way around? First, a strong program is put in place that one believes in: a program that attempts to cover certain goals. Later, if the bees reach the rich honeycomb, so much the better. They'll have to get used to it. Of course, the cultural channels of Italian, French and British state television are not as deserted as ours.
“Greenland” and the latest attempts to give value to La 2
Few will miss Greenland. It was a project that had not yet been born. The last of the projects that did not come to fruition on La 2 before the chain veered towards a side road whose destination no one knew.
A memory to forget. 'green land' The great avant-garde program announced by Ignacio Elguero, head of transversal culture at the foundation, was scheduled to be on “RTVE Responds” in February 2022. It will be dedicated to avant-garde music and other arts, following in the footsteps of “La Hora Musa” (2018) and “ “Don't Shoot the Pianist” (2008). Between them, only Santiago Tabernero has dared to present bold and committed television on La 2, mixing the interview genre with satire in places like Sanchez and Carbonell. It happened in 2020 when Elena Sanchez and Pablo Carbonell gave their live show, but the pandemic arrived and destroyed all hopes.
Upon returning from confinement, nothing further was heard about the program. It remained the last attempt to implement a daring and imaginative television program on La 2. At the same time, the news program “La 2 Noticias” was buried forever. Since then the chain has lost its identity and there is little hope of finding it again in the near future, although in 2026 it will celebrate its 60th anniversary.
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